Horseshoe-pad.



UNITED STATES Patented May 24, 19u-1.

PATENT OFFICE.

MICHEL MARSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HoRsEsHoE-PAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 760,796, dated May 24, 1904. Application filed February 2, 1903. Serial No. 141,589. (No model.)

To all whom t may-concern:

Be it known that I, MICHEL MARsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of-Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoe-Pads; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to a novel construction yin a rubber horseshoe-pad, the object being to provide .apadv which will act in the manner of a bellows to throw out snow and mud to prevent balling and simultaneously provide greater adhesion to prevent slipping, and which, further, is so constructed as to distribute pressure on the hoof in the most healthful and advantageous manner; and it consists in the features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described'and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, Figure l is a bottom plan View of a horseshoe provided with a pad constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2

is a section of same on the line 2 2 of Fig. l.'

My said pad consists of a .flat pad A, adapt- I ed alongits edges toV be interposed between the horseshoe B and the hoof and which is provided at its middle portion with a downwardly-extending annular flange or rib C,

forming an inverted cup D. The said flange or rib C is wider at the forward end thangat its sides, while at its rear end it is enlarged and extended upwardly above the plane of A to form a heavy pad E, which supports the frog of the hoof and which extends downwardly somewhat lower than the side and forward portions of said rib or flange C. The latter is beveled onits inner face, so as to make said cup D liaring. The said rib or flange'C, with its extended pad E, lls the entire recess of the horseshoe B and extends below the lower face of the latter, its depth being determined by the character of the shoe, the depth being greater when the shoe is provided with calks than in the so-called lslipper or light shoe free of calks. l

It is a well-known fact that rubber shoes will not act to prevent slipping in wet weather,

due slipping.

The action of the cup D is as follows: When the hoof is placed on lthe ground, the pad E and the flange C are compressed, and the contained air is thus also compressed and causes the top wall to bulge. The pad and flange also spread and act to cling to the ground to an extent to insure suiicient friction to prevent slipping. hoof the top wall ofthe cup again assumes its normal position and by this action serves to throw'out any mud or snow which might have found its way into the said cup. rIhe lateral motionof the flange C also serves to dislodge mud or snow adhering to the horseshoe B.

When the shoe is provided with sharp calks F and Cr, as illustrated, the latter preferably extend slightly lower than the flange C, as they generally sink into the ground sufficiently to avoid interference with the action of the said pad while preventing undue compression, and thus increasing the life of the latter. In very slipperyl weather it is absolutely lnecessary to employ calks, asno rubber pad can absolutely prevent slipping, -particularly when` Upon raising the frog of the hoof, said portions' adapted -to contact directly with the hoof, and a central downwardly-extending annular ange'on said flat portion forming an imperforate cup, all of said parts being imperforate In testimony whereof I aflx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MICHEL MARSON. Witnesses: v

E. F. WILSON, CONRAD A. SCHNEIDER. 

